Mask Poem by Renu Kakkar
Mask
My smiles hide my tears,
people take me for granted.
My laughter hides my fears.
That I may not be again fleeced.
I have always been happy,
taking whatever comes in life.
But I have found out sadly,
Friends carry with them a knife.
In troubled times help they need,
be it in cash or in kind.
When similar help is my need,
there is no cash to find.
I have finally learnt my lessons,
I learnt them the hard way.
You pay heed to my words,
keep loan seekers a mile away.
Such sharks are all over the world,
On your trust they do thrive.
Never trust till you're sure as gold,
otherwise you'll be less alive.
Nobody will now know me,
henceforth, I will wear a mask.
Such cheats in life do not trick me,
with talks of hard times & grandeur lost.
Now I practice my mask,
in the mirror with my smiles.
My shields no one can break,
which hides me behind my smiles.
renukakkar 10.07.2015
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5/6/2024 5:53:26 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Thanks, if you help people they take you for granted. Many borrow money from you and don't return when you are in a crisis situation. I learnt this the hard way, when my son was undergoing an operation and persons who had borrowed from me pretended they had no money to return to me which was borrowed earlier. So, I cut such people from my life, informed their near and dear ones that they face the heat from their elders, feel embarrassed and pay up.